Category: The Bong Connection

Once a Bong, always a Bong. So I have to have that little corner for my favourite Bong recipes :) For the uninitiated, ‘Bong’ is good natured slang that refers to people belonging to the state of West Bengal in India. We are known for our love for food, and consider ourselves connoisseurs of sorts. A bit pretentious perhaps, but still, I can’t argue the fact that we are food aficionados and live to love the taste, texture and feel of anything that delights our taste buds. So here’s toasting the quintessential “Macher Jhol Bhaat” with some authentic recipes from the east.

Aloo Chorchori with Nigella

  As a youngster, I found train stations to be magical places. The screaming engines, swishing smoke chimneys that rose out of the beasts that pulled the beautiful red, blue, green bogies, beats of footsteps as people jogged, ran, walked, limped to…

Khichudi

Khichudi

    A work related posting of her husband Shupurush took my sister-in-law Shoondori and her family to the beautiful city of Goa. Shupurush was in an important position in a leading five star hotel chain of India called Taj Hotels.…

A Bank Robbery and ‘Begun Bhaja’

Grilled Eggplant

  “That guy at the counter has a gun. He is robbing us.” As I sat across the Assistant Bank Manager in her office that was an enclosed glass structure, negotiating on interest rates and going over various policy potentials,…

Kauraishootir Ghoogni

At dentist office, the doctor informed me that she would have to extract a broken tooth out of my younger son’s mouth . The rest of the broken half was sitting in a big cavity that needed to be removed.…

Sardine croquettes with Flax seed

  This post is all about Power Foods.  I am a part of this exceptionally talented blogging group that showcases a Power Food each week. The Power Food ingredient each week is based on the book Power Foods: 150 delicious recipes…

Chicken Chaap – A Gorgeous recipe

  In India, one evening, my brother-in-law (my sister’s husband) ordered dinner from a nearby restaurant that specialized in Biryani and an aromatically brilliant dish known as Chicken Chaap. It was so delicious that I have not been able to…

A dislocated ride and Homemade fries

     Twenty minutes into the Water Park, my husband dislocated his shoulder. Rewind. Charlie’s swim lesson adventures from her blog Hotly Spiced made me revisit an incident that happened when my younger son was about 3 years old. He…